[ If Sinclair can hear Oria verbally shrug, he's doing it right now. ]

Hey, if it works, then it works. It's ironic though, that you're using parts of them to subdue them as if the only thing that's effective are stuff that's made of themselves.

[ Honestly, it makes him wonder. Kromer was just a nutjob, right? He understands how she's still a source of trauma for him, but if she was backed by these monsters... he doesn't want to think about it. Good lord.

But Sinclair's question has him pause. He was answering honestly, but... ]

Does it not sound like I'm okay apart from what I said?

[ He's not offended, but genuinely curious. If someone could pick these up when he can't, it would probably be Sinclair. ]